Another Mystery Solved

Thinking back to the days

Before I saw her face

In the light of each Christmas display

Folk still chose to believe

On a cold Christmas Eve

They had cause to be jolly and gay

I hid under a chair

And I sat watching there

For the man I thought soon must pass through

But you’d never arrive

So I had to survive

With the knowledge not all dreams come true

I no longer believe in the lies

Though the truth at first was a surprise to me

The faith I had in you suddenly dissolved

It’s another mystery solved

Came home early that night

When the snow shone so bright

Peace and stillness did the world enwrap

I sat down to await

She’d said she’d be home late

Drifted off into a Christmas nap

She had me believing again

All magic might not be pretend

I sat up in my chair

Woken by the great blaring

Of ecstasy under the tree

Naked forms writhed conjoined

Then my love was purloined

Saw her whisked away up the chimney